Re: [kernel-team] [PATCH 1/3] staging: Android: vsoc: Create wc kernel mapping for region shm.

2018-05-02 Thread Joel Fernandes
On Wed, May 2, 2018 at 9:45 PM 'Alistair Strachan' via kernel-team < kernel-t...@android.com> wrote: > Map the region shm as write-combining instead of uncachable. I think more commit message is needed. Why is this done, what does it fix, etc. Its hard to know what the improvement is without a

Re: [kernel-team] [PATCH 1/3] staging: Android: vsoc: Create wc kernel mapping for region shm.

2018-05-02 Thread Joel Fernandes
On Wed, May 2, 2018 at 9:45 PM 'Alistair Strachan' via kernel-team < kernel-t...@android.com> wrote: > Map the region shm as write-combining instead of uncachable. I think more commit message is needed. Why is this done, what does it fix, etc. Its hard to know what the improvement is without a

[PATCH 1/3] staging: Android: vsoc: Create wc kernel mapping for region shm.

2018-05-02 Thread Alistair Strachan
Map the region shm as write-combining instead of uncachable. Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman Cc: Arve Hjønnevåg Cc: Todd Kjos Cc: Martijn Coenen Cc: Greg Hartman Cc: de...@driverdev.osuosl.org Cc:

[PATCH 1/3] staging: Android: vsoc: Create wc kernel mapping for region shm.

2018-05-02 Thread Alistair Strachan
Map the region shm as write-combining instead of uncachable. Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman Cc: Arve Hjønnevåg Cc: Todd Kjos Cc: Martijn Coenen Cc: Greg Hartman Cc: de...@driverdev.osuosl.org Cc: kernel-t...@android.com Signed-off-by: Alistair Strachan --- drivers/staging/android/TODO | 1 -